#the one with the fairy rings being weak natural portals

[faebhaal]

Bio

Name: Ithaca Age: 35-36 Race: Half-Fey, Half Elf; Bhaalspawn Gender: Female Advantages: Darkvision, Not affected by sleep magic, Usually can't be charmed Weaknesses: Cold-Forged Iron, Heavy amounts of Salt, Fire, Holly/Mistletoe, Detect Evil and Good, Class: Bard/Sorceress (wild magic); previously held a pact with the Archfey she and her mother served. Likes: Flowers, Food, Jewels/Jewelry (or anything shiny), Teeth, Insects, Cats and blood. Dislikes: Seafood, Ocean water, Burning Incense, Gnolls Fey features: A pair of wings (translucent, iridescent sparkling rainbow in the right light with gold veins) glamored away majority of the time, unnatural beauty and charm Height: roughly 5'2" Eyes: The scleras are pitch black with a ring of blazing violet serving as an iris. Skin: Soft, smooth supple; A dusky orchid (Pantone 17-1610); freckles cover from one cheek to another as well as her shoulders, upper arms chest and back and if one looks closely enough some are shaped like stars. Hair: Past shoulders to mid back, slight wave to it and usually worn down but pulled away from her face; A dusty rose color Tattoos: Cursed Rose on her neck Scars: Several across her body. Has one across the bridge of her nose that while is visible, gets a little lost in the sea of freckles Piercings: One each earlobe and one on right eyebrow Weapon Proficiency: Dual Daggers, Dual Scythes, Short Swords, Light Crossbow, Shortbows Instruments: Flute (main), Lyre & Lute (decent but no expert) Languages known: Common, Elvish, Sylvan

Appearance example

What do you get when you mix a bhaalspawn and a fey? You get a faerie with a lust for blood, guts and chocolate cake.

Ithaca is exactly that. Born from the union of a fey mother and an elven, bhaalspawn father who had accidentally wandered into the wrong part of the feywilds. He wouldn't survive the night of the tryst with the fey woman, as she would devour him almost immediately after the coupling.

Laylani, Ithaca's mother, was a part of an Unseelie court called the Court of Wonder, working for the ruling Archfey queen, Vanotelia. This domain of the feywild thrived off the energy of dreams.

Ithaca and her mother (along with other fairies in the court) performed a myriad of tasks including: luring people back to the crystal castle or the realm in general, hexing and fighting those that opposed their monarch, taking teeth from beneath pillows of sleeping children and cultivating good dreams when needed. Working with her mother is how Ithaca learned magic, weaponry and even bardic skills.

It was a good life, a wonderfully chaotic and fun life. But all that came crashing down. At the age of 12, Ithaca was banished due to her nature as a bhaalspawn starting to interfere with the world around her. What started as ripples turned into waves. What was just "a child being a child," became "a poison in the well." She had always had more aggressive and violent tendencies, which were overlooked. Afterall the laws of the feywild did not match up with the laws of the mortal realm. The true transgressions were the dreams from Bhaal she was receiving (which at first weren't a big deal but they began to spread like rot) and a near killing spree rampage.

"You should consider yourself lucky," Laylani had snapped as she dragged the young faerie towards a portal. "Such a merciful punishment. She could have easily devoured you." It hadn't felt merciful. It felt like a dagger to the heart.

With no time to plead or even cry, Ithaca was shoved into the material plane; lost and abandoned. She wandered through the highly unknown landscape of Faerun, slaughtering everyone and everything in her path with the funny goblin in the silly hat keeping her company just like in her early childhood. That campaign came to a halt when a tiefling couple took her in. They loved her and provided care for her as if she were their own. It was the first time she felt true love. Yet the dark urges persisted. She held off on harming her newfound family as long as she could by taking her urges out on others or other creatures. That didn't last longer than 2 years.

Once again alone, Ithaca set off for a new life, guided by the whispers of Bhaal. With her faithful butler at her side, Ithaca traveled until she reached Baldur's Gate --- a trail of sanguine sorrow left in her wake.

At 16 she took her place within Bhaal's temple. By 20 she earned the title of his chosen as well as securing the spot as his favorite child.

[apinklion01]

[[ Okay I’m fairly new to the phandom, but quick question here: is there any sort of headcanons about either Wulf or Walker? I came up with some stuff, but I’m not 100% certain if anyone hasn’t already. ]]

#danny phantom #basically about both their origins #also possibly about an idea I got from that one dannymay 2021 post #the one with the fairy rings being weak natural portals

[precuredaily]

Precure Day 128

Episode: Futari wa Precure Splash Star 30 - “Amazing Power! Precure’s Great Transformation!!” Date watched: 9 June 2019 Original air date: 3 September 2006 Screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/jfdQJOk Project info and master list of posts: http://tinyurl.com/PCDabout

Gohyaan forgot to look at the schedule   

When we left off, Gohyaan had kidnapped Flappi and Choppi and retreated to Dark Fall, leaving Saki, Mai, Moop, and Foop in shock. We meet up with them the next day at school, as Saki and Mai are extremely dejected. However, after school they vow to search for their missing partners. They search the beach, as well as the Sky Tree, but come up with no leads. However, Miss Shitataare is still fuming over Gohyaan stealing her thunder, so she pays the girls a visit and coyly leads them to Gohyaan’s hideout. Although initially taken aback by the intrusion, he quickly slips back into taunting Saki and Mai by showing them how he’s tortured Flappi and Choppi.

Then he throws the spirits at their feet, saying he’s gotten all the information he can from them. Saki and Mai scream at Gohyaan that they’ll never forgive him. He brushes this off, because he’s not interested in their forgiveness, and asks what they will do instead, daring them to transform, but the Flower and Bird spirits are too weak to transform Saki and Mai into Precure. Moop and Foop try to apologize to their seniors but Gohyaan takes the chance to capture them instead, and then prepares to destroy Saki and Mai with a gigantic energy ball. The girls bravely stare imminent death in the face and vow that they’ll never give up, because they know if they remain strong in spirit, their wishes will always be granted! It’s a powerful speech, but Gohyaan still isn’t impressed, dismissing their chatter as cliched. Saki and Mai reiterate that the two of them are friends with each other, with Flappi and Choppi, and with Moop and Foop, and that all of their friends are precious to them and they will protect the fairies with their lives! Just as Gohyaan is about to strike the killing blow, Moop and Foop are empowered by the outpouring of love and break free of their restraints, and they fly back to Saki, Mai, Flappi, and Choppi, and encase all of them in glowing light.

Flappi and Choppi are healed and re-energized, and Moop and Foop transfer their powers of Moon and Wind into them. The two larger fairies suddenly transform into their alternate modes, but these aren’t the Mix Communes. Instead they turn into new forms: the Crystal Communes! A new power is being born! Saki and Mai are confused about the change but with no time to worry about such things, they let the spirits guide them into transforming and lo and behold, when they transform this time, they emerge not as Cure Bloom and Cure Egret, but in all new forms.... Cure Bright and Cure Windy, the precures of the Moon and Wind!

The girls don’t have much time to marvel over their new appearances before Gohyaan sets about trying to destroy them again (rude). However, they find that these new forms come with greater power and abilities than they’ve ever experienced, and they manage to gain the upper hand in the battle! Moop and Foop chip in again and give the duo the Spiral Rings, but this time the center emblem is in the shape of a five-pointed star rather than a heart. Gohyaan taunts that he’s going to show the girls a sliver of his true power, and it is strong, but they remain resolute, and with the Spiral Rings equipped, now their attacks are even stronger, even  faster, even more dangerous to the beings of darkness than ever, so they overpower the imp and perform their new finisher: Precure Spiral Star Splash!

Unfortunately, he gets away before we can see the full effect of the attack, but the finisher was powerful enough to bring down Gohyaan’s entire hideout, so the girls flee back through the portal in the ceiling they came in by, suggesting Miss Shitataare left them the escape route. She’s a curious one. Anyway, Saki and Mai regroup with all their fairy partners back at the Sky Tree and the mascots thank the girls for saving them. Saki and Mai push back, though, saying they powered up because everyone’s feelings came together as one to produce a miracle, and with that the episode ends on a beautiful sunset atop the hill.

(okay there’s also some jokes about how Saki and Mai still haven’t finished their summer homework, but given the circumstances, how could they?)

Where do I start with this episode? The epic conclusion to the dramatic cliffhanger from last week, culminating in Saki and Mai receiving a powerup and becoming Cures Bright and Windy! This is one of the defining moments of the show. Although the concept of multiple forms would be revisited in a few different ways in the subsequent years, Splash Star is still the only show where the girls have two separate transformations with different names. Cure Bright, obviously, represents the Moon, while Cure Windy’s motif is pretty self-explanatory. They showcase greater ability than they had as Bloom and Egret, being able to control light and summon strong gusts of wind. Their spirit power is strong and they withstand a flood thrown at them by Gohyaan. With the Spiral Rings their power is even further amplified and they are able to send Gohyaan running for the hills even with his great strength. As the representation of the bond between the girls and fairies, and what’s possible when they join their individual strengths together, it’s beautiful.

On the villain side, the level of treachery Miss Shitataare demonstrates is almost amazing! She is so determined to be Akudaikaan’s right hand, and in denial about her own failures, that on the cusp of a victory for Dark Fall, she brings their greatest enemy into the fold just to sabotage Gohyaann. Her actions bring the girls and their fairies so close to the edge that they unlock an all-new power, which will definitely come back to haunt her soon. Animosity between villains is nothing new in superhero shows, but infighting to the degree seen here is a rarity. I’m impressed. I kind of think I might have been reading her character wrong all this time. I initially thought of her as being similar to Poisony from the first season, who was fairly good at using disguises and sneaking into places to lay traps for the Precures, but she’s really nothing like that. While she uses disguises, they don’t often serve any purpose to her plots. Miss Shitataare cares only for herself and her well-being, she’s very strong but she doesn’t have a lot of foresight. If she did, she would realize that helping the girls win this time just to spite Gohyaan would definitely come back to bite her.

Finally, this is the last episode in which the current ending theme, “'Smiling is Victory' so GO!” by Mayumi Goji plays. I have failed to talk about it for the last 6 months, and this is my last chance, so let’s dig into it.

It’s a bit more melodic than some previous tunes, though it still has that upbeat cheering going on. The lyrics are about how the future is bright even if the present is rocky, so press on and be happy. The visuals show Saki and Mai, separately, engaged in their favorite pastimes: softball and drawing. At sunset, they stand apart from each other and timidly reach out to hold hands, before running home. That night, they each look at the stars from their homes as the lyrics talk about the possibility of never being happy again, and how life is a roller coaster of emotions. Then a meteor shower starts as the lyrics turn more positive. The next day, the two are sitting under the Sky Tree, basking in nature’s beauty. Next we see them running along the beach, turn to each other, and slowly grasp hands again, this time their fingers intertwined, and they stare at each other with huge smiles on their faces.

Then they go back to playing on the beach as the sun shines on a bright friendship and future.

Depending on your read of the song and visuals, it is either about two strangers becoming friends, or it’s super gay. I like the SakiMai ship but I’m not going to weigh in on this matter any further than that. It’s a nice, mid-beat (is that a term?) song with some striking visuals, I think the most striking of any of the FW trio ending songs, and what replaces it is the start of a franchise staple.

Next time, the status quo returns, and we get some of the hardest content to translate to a non-Japanese audience: manzai comedy. Look forward to it, maybe.

Pink Precure Catchphrase Count: 0 Zekkouchou Nari!

Miracle Drop Count: 5

#Precure #Pretty Cure #Futari wa Precure Splash Star #FWPCSS30 #PCD128

[magixfatedfics]

Chapter 8: A golden mistake

To start off with I want to apologize how extremely late this is. I've been having a hard time coming back to this, and stress really got to me, but I really have wanted to continue with this so better late then never, thanks to those who have stuck with me and my stories a lot more will get done now that things are under control.

A quickly little summery about everything that has happened so far.

The Wizards of the black circle have captured the Winx except for the nature fairy flora. But this was no ordinary capture, Thanks to dark magic something that was unthinkable happened

, Locked away in a cold and dark room the Winx are now trapped and the wizards now have something they need, What is it you ask..Well it's their wings. But one particular fairy ends up betraying her team and helping the wizards out in order to save the one she cares about.

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The Winx looked at Stella shocked, why would she do such a thing?

Stella sighed softly. "I-I told them where the second sun was, so now they are headed to solaria."

Bloom reached out to Stella as she paused, "Stella, why would you put your planet in danger?"

Stella on the other hand did not want her friends comfort and lightly pushed the princess had away. "I-I had no choice Bloom, If I didn't tell them where to go ,they're going to kill or even hurt Brandon."

Musa walked up by Stella and paused. "Easy guys , There is no reason to blame Stella for this, I mean if our love ones were in danger we would do the exact same thing."

Aisha nodded her head as she sighed. "We forgive you Stella, but that doesn't change the fact that our wings are detached from us and the Wizards of the black circle are heading to Solaria, So what are we going to do?"

Stella sighed softly "I know One thing that can be done but without our powers were rendered useless against them."

Tecna placed her phone down as she nodded her head. "That is true Stella But without a risk, Magix is headed to destruction, Solaria is the sun that substains life in this dimension and all that lives within it...if the sun dies so will magix."

Musa looks at Tecna, "Too much tech talk their Tecna, mind explaining it a little better?"

"Alright Musa listen,Each of the planets contain a element that is needed for Magix to flourish, such as, Solaira is the light, Melody is wind, Andros is Water, Sparx is Fire and Zenith is Technology as well as Linphea is Earth, Each creates a Balance for this world, if it is all taken away Magix will crumble."

"Oh then why didn't you say that in the first place Tecna." Musa comments as she now get what her teammate meant, only for Tecna to give a annoyed sigh.

Boom spoke up now as she looked at Stella. "What ever your idea is Stella were behind you one-hundred percent."

It was Stella looked at the others She gave a great big sigh and nodded her head. "Alright don't say I didn't warn you?"

Meanwhile back over by the others

Riven, Timmy and Brandon have now finished their lunch and now were ready to head out.

Sitting on the Ship the guys began to speak to one another.

"Brandon I know your upset about them taking Stella, but everything will be OK, After you taught me that lesson back when I lost Tecna, so stay strong we will find her." Timmy spoke up.

"I know Timmy but the more and more I learn about these Wizards, the more I worry about my princesses welfare."

"Well I'm sure Riven is just as Worried as you are about Musa, isn't that right Riven?" Timmy looked at the other specialist who was sulking.

"I-I just .. just shut up I'm sure she's fine." Riven sighed as he got up out of his seat and walked out of the owl to escape his so called feelings.

 Though even though he said those words, he didn't mean them. Instead while he was all alone the maroon haired male looked down to the ground and clenched his fists by his side. "Musa please stay safe until I find you."

Riven was one of those who didn't show his emotions outwardly though being with Musa hes learned to except the fact that it is alright to have emotions. but being around the guys it was hard to do so.

The others now came around as they were finished and ready to embrace the mission ahead of them. flora was the last one to hop on the ship. And now that everyone was ready, it was time to figure where they were going to find the lair of the wizards of the black circle.

"There is one thing I can do, but it wont be easy." Timmy was the first to break the silence as he looked at the group.

"As long as we can find the rest of the winx we have to do what ever we can, please Timmy do what you must." Flora spoke up as she placed her hand on his seat looking at his screen.

"Flora is right, We believe in you Timmy you found Tecna back then I'm sure you can find her now." Sky walked up to him as well a placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Thanks guys, alright here it goes , keep in mind there is no actual guarantee that this will work."

"Go!" They all said in unison.

Timmy placed his hands on the control panel and began to type quickly as the the holographic screen above him began to flash Green and yellow , that of which looked like a scene from the Matrix. numbers of all kinds began to scroll down on the screen moving quicker and quicker as he typed more and more, until suddenly after a small pause of silence.

 The Machine spoke up loudly. "YOU HAVE ONE MATCH." There on the screen it soon changed to picture to a map of Gardenia.

"I can't belief it.. it actually worked ?"Timmy gasped in dismay and leaned back in his chair with a calm sigh. "And I know where they are."

"Nice work Timmy you did it, But where are they?" Sky spoke up in hope of finding bloom and the others.

"It say here that girls are in a place called Gardina, in a old underground warehouse by the docks."

"What are we waiting for then , now that we know where they are. let's go save them." Brandon spoke up as he was cheering up a little more.

"Alright for once I agree with you all, go Timmy." Riven belted as he was getting impatient.

Timmy pushed up his glasses and nodded his head. "Alright buckle up and hold on tight, the Owl is taking off for lift off."

With that the Ship lifted up off of the ground as wind began to blow around it making the grass swish back and forth, higher and higher the ship went until it was now in the sky and zoomed off.

Back over by the Rest

Stella gave a soft nod and said "Alright I will transport us to Solaria with the last little ounce of magic I have left, but after that we need to figure out things, we don't have our wings and with out them our magic is limited."

The girl looked at Stella worried.

"Stella you don't have to do this, w-we will figure out a different way to there." Musa spoke up as she walked up to the fairy of the sun and moon.

"No.. I did this and now I have to fix it, my home is in danger ,so is my fathers life and maybe even mine Solaria will die without what they want, I am a fairy of Solaria and the proud princess it is my duty to protect my home so I'm leaving with or without you." Stella clenched her fists at her side as she looked down.

Bloom looked at the girl and nodded her head. "Alright Stella do what you must but please be careful."

"Thanks bloom, Alright hold on tight and grab my hand."

The girls grabbed hands and made a circle, Stella pulled her ring off of her finger and threw it up in the air , just like in the beginning when she first became a Winx member, the ring now turned into a staff which landed in her hand. 

And as for a split second she swiped it upon the air opening a portal into Solaria, leaving their wings behind.

Feeling weak her light of power began to fade and Stella took a gasp as she leaned forward. "T-There you g-go, step through that portal and you will be in Solaria."

"Stella are you Ok, your fading." Tecna spoke up as she looked at her.

"I'm fine just go, before my portal closes!" Stella barked as she rushed into the portal.

The other girls followed behind.

The portal closed behind them and what they saw was nothing they expected to see.

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There as they landed on the ground, Stella's eyes went wide as she gave a gasp of shock as she landed to her knees and tears streamed from her face. "S-Solaria.. it's gone!" 

There where the bright golden kingdom once stood was a wide grey area of nothing, it was as Stella feared Solaria was no more then a pile of dust left from her own betrayal.

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And I stop here, sorry for the suspense but the next chapter is going to be super long, So what do you guys think happened to Solaria, what will happen to Stella, Please let me know what you think or review the story in the comment box below. Thank you for waiting and thank you for all the fantastic reviews. So sorry for the wait but I'm getting back to this story and the others.

I love hearing from you all, and I'm super surprised this story gets as much love as it does. So thank you

Until next time guys, take care

#Prince to the rescue;; #Fanfic written by the mun #please do not steal #and enjoy

[sassyiguanaz-blog]

Fae People By Alice

Chapter One Many people don't many know about us. Us being the Fae people. Our world merged with the one of humans and other creatures billions of years ago. Hundreds of thousands worlds exist, each world having a portal to connect them. There are many lands. Lands filled with witches and wizards. Lands full of creatures of the night. So many creatures and so many lands. All being ruled underneath two beings. The god of the sun and the goddess of the moon. Those creatures that were created by the moon goddess, such as werewolves, vampires, and witches all have amber eyes. They also tend to have darker hair colors. Those creatures that were created by the sun god, fae people, wizards, and pixies all have blue or green eyes. They tend to have brighter hair colors. This is where I come into play. I am a child of both the night and of the day. With dark brown hair, amber eyes, I am part night. Being born into the Fae Klan, with many witnesses, I am part day. Because of this, I have been cast out of the Fae Klan out of the world all together. Being only a Fairie, meaning small child of the Fae, I was thrust into a world with humans and other creatures. Not just any creatures. Lyncans… Much like the werewolf, a lyncan has a wolf and can shift. But unlike the werewolf, they can shift at will and they hate, hate the Fae Klan.. Can you imagine being kicked out of your home at a very young age of maybe 100 years old and being forced to live in a world where you must hide who you are from humans and from the most feared beasts of any world. Yeah, life pretty much sucks. Let's go onto the story. The day of everything started changing in the new world. <><><><> I sit down, sipping the second best thing in all the lands. Hot cocoa. With whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles. It's as good as it sounds. It's yummy. Today is the solar eclipse. The day where the moon deems itself worthy enough to blot out the sun. Such fun. That means lyncans will be doing their all day hunt and that means I have to hide for an entire day, somewhere those mutts won't go. I sip on my hot cocoa angrily, not liking the thought. Stupid mutts.. Making me have to work even more. I glare at a fallen sprinkle, to much work… The door to the small cafe bangs open. The smell of wet dog overpowers my senses causing me to crinkle my nose. Great. Just great, and I haven't even finished my hot cocoa yet. Well as long as they don't come close to me for a long time, they won't be able to tell unless they focus directly on me thanks to a witches spell. Gotta love witches, their life savers for night and day creatures. For the right price that is. I look back at the table, sipping my hot cocoa with a bit more angst only to have someone slide into the booth in front of me. I look up and find a guy. I simply roll my eyes and chug the rest of the cocoa,”What do you want?” I ask with venom laced through my voice. The eyes flips his brown hair before smirking,”A date.” I roll my eyes before smirking,”Sorry. Not interested have a good day.” I stand up and walk to the exit of the café. My hand is grabbed just before I exit causing my eyes to widen as the spell breaks momentarily. But that's all he needed. The guys eyes darken and he snarls at me, bringing the attention of others. I tug my hand out of his grasp and run outside, trying to quickly perform the changing spell when suddenly I'm slammed to the ground. I struggled underneath the mutt before feeling my head being brought up and slammed into the ground. I struggle to keep my eyes open and as my vision darkens. I will get them back for that… And with that I black out, slumping against the ground. <><><><><><> I sit up abruptly, causing a sharp pain to go through my head, making me cry out. I hear snickering and I snap my eyes open to find myself in a grimy cell. The cell is a whole room with only one door, no windows and judging by the smell. It's made of Pixie Dust. A Fairy of the Fae Klan’s weakness. But I am not full Fae so it only causes it to feel warm against my palm. The door bangs open causing me to look up. But my vision seems to be slightly impaired after having my head slammed on the ground. So instead I sniff the air and a delightful smell fills my senses. Beloved! The wolf growls,”I Alpha of the Blood Sisters Pack, reject you as my soulmate.” They say before immediately walking out and slamming the door. I cry out in pain and clutch my now burning chest. What have they done? I'm going to die now… If a fairy is rejected… we die in two days. But not from natural causes. We kill ourselves. I cry out again, collapsing to the ground, writhing in pain, feeling my magic build up. Two days before I release the most powerful spell and end my life. The spell of life. I'll release all my magic where it'll be sucked up through the magic in the air and will act as a sort of pollen, allowing new fairys to be born. Screams tear my throats as waves of white hot pain flows through my veins like lava. Pain races through my every living cell, anger, hatred, sadness. Every negative emotion seeming to fill my head causing loud cries to escape my threat. Depression, angst, heartache. They were right. The young Fairies. I will never be accepted by anyone. Not even the one meant for me. All because I am neither night nor day. I am a freak for the world to point and laugh at. What hope is there for me now? None? Maybe just a tiny bit? I stare up at the ceiling of my death cage. Hair spewed out around my head, arms outstretched on either side. Death is inevitable now. I close my eyes, a slight smile on my face before it begins to widen. Laughter spills out of throat. Louder and louder I laugh, tears spilling over my cheeks. Stomach erupting into even more pain as I feel the magick within me start to release in large amounts. Memories flitting in and out of my vision before seeming to disappear. Anger. Sadness. Hatred. Depression. Joy. Happiness. All my emotions seemingly disappear before black spots begin to fill my vision. I let out my final breathe inside this cage of death. Laughter of one who has lost much ringing in my ears before my heart slows to a stop and nothing no longer exists. I sit up breathing heavily. My phone alarm going off waking me from a cold sweat. I shake my head, ridding myself of the remnants of the strange dream. I rub my eyes and swing my legs out of the bed before quietly standing. You see. I don't exactly have parents, so I live in an orphanage and in five days is my 18th birthday, that same day I’ll be kicked out of this awful place and sent to fend for myself on the streets. So why not just leave now with all my stuff and some extra cash I took from the lady who runs this place. I don’t commend thievery but this is the only way to gain a place to sleep at night and some for food. After dressing into my warm clothes for the chilly spring night, I shove everything else i want or might need in a bag before opening the window, looking around the room I lived in for almost 18 years before turning back to the window, tossing my bag to the ground before climbing out the window myself. Living on the first floor has its advantages. After grabbing my bag and exiting the property, I turn towards the dusty road that faces the woods and start down that road, moon waning brightly above me as stars twinkle from the sky. I walk for about two hours in the crisp air of night, it'll be dawn in about three hours, that is why I must hurry if I wish to be gone before the lady running the orphanage wakes up. A loud cry startles me out of my thoughts, freezing in place, I look around for the sound. “Hello?” I call out shakily before clearing my throat and saying with more confidence,”Hello?” Another cry rings out from within the forest on my left. Hoisting my bag onto my shoulder, I run off into the forest shouting,”who are you?” I stop in front of a large clearing. A person shrouded in darkness sits in the center under a large tree, crying and wailing. I run towards the person before halting a few feet from them before crouching and finding that its a small girl about the age of eight crying and clutching her bleeding hand. I notice two small pricks on her wrist that is causing the blood. I drop my bag and pull out a first aid kit,”Was is poisonous?” I ask the girl calmly. She nods her head slowly, looking at me with confusion in her eyes. I softly hold her wrist in my hands and start sucking up some of the blood and spitting it out onto the grass. After the swelling in the wrist eases, I apply some cream and wrap her wrist in a small ace bandage. I pull away from the girl and zip up my bag before turning back to the girl and offer her my hand. She takes my hand shakily. I smile down at her,”Do you know where your parents are?” She shakes her head,”Their dead.” I smile sadly,”Well mine are too, we can be parentless together.” She nods and looks at the ground,”Why are you being so nice to me?” She asks quietly. “Because it's the right thing to do. It's what every good human should do.” I say calmly, grinning down at her. The girl smiles before skipping ahead of me before turning around,”Who are you exactly?” I do a mock courtesy,”Amber my lady.” The girl giggles and courtesies in return,”Penny.” I smile softly,”Well Penny. I say we are gonna be great friends.”